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This month’s cover: SheffieldMillennium Square, part of the city’sstreet scheme which is now theresponsiblity of the Streets Ahead PFI(see page 12).

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4 News: Maintenance underspend will add to future costs; financing not pension funds needed; TfL andboroughs unite on highway works; Britain on the branch line of European rail freight; CIHT subscriptionsto rise 1.5%; News round up from TP Weekly News; John Smart 1957-2012

8 Debate: Should Government stop letting franchises and run the railways itself? Bob Crow and ChrisBowley argue it out

8 Working Life: DFDS Seaways freight sales director Wayne Bullen

9 The Highway Engineer: Tales from the past – Sustainable travel; £2Bn road building spree; multi levelinterchanges; questions for Neville Chamberlain

9 Just One More Thing: Jackie Whitelaw on “shovel ready” roads funding

10 Letters: Roadworks safety initiatives; better streets for Abu Dhabi; not convinced by need for high speed rail

12 Road Maintenance:Cover Story – Sheffield streets team starts city’s core refurbishmentDeep recycling is finding new fans

17 Transport Economics: Rail commuters may reduce the amount they travel if fares increase too muchthrowing franchise calculations into confusion

18 Road Safety:Cyclists and motor vehicles are best kept separated, Dutch tell conferenceBritain’s most unsafe roads and the most improved

22 Intelligent Transport Systems: Report from the ITS World Congress

24 City Profile: Major expansion of public transport infrastructure continues in Vienna at a time whenfares are being reduced

26 Technical Paper: The Local Sustainable Transport Fund

28 CIHT News: Focus needed on Heathrow says CIHT; Thames & Chilterns and Southern Branch enjoyannual dinner dance; Colas Presentation Award winner Carly Foster in Paris; Subscription fees for 2013;Council elections 2013; North Eastern e-book goes live

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Underspending on roads

maintenance could add 60% to the

amount of work needed to keep

routes viable longer term the World

Road Association UK Congress was

told. And the impact of use of low

cost techniques like patching on the

physical structure of the UK’s major

roads is not properly understood.

The congress – held in Cardiff on

31 October – heard the warnings

from new head of the Northern

Ireland Roads Service Dr Andrew

Murray and Highways Agency deputy

chief executive Derek Turner.

Dr Murray reported on a new

study by the Roads Service that

demonstrated the highway asset

deteriorates not just by the amount

being underspent but by far more.

“Our study looking back over seven

years shows that for every £1

underspent the maintenance backlog

increases by £1.60,” he said.

The 2012/13 Northern Ireland

roads maintenance budget of

£80.9M is much less than is needed,

Dr Murray said. Last year’s budget

was close to £120M. The current

“sub-optimal” strategy includes

£23.3M of patching. “That is much

more than I would like to be

spending on patching; I would rather

it was 10% than 20%. It is not good

news and it is not good value.”

He is predicting the consequences

of underfunding to be increased

public liability claims, accelerated

deterioration, increased accident and

transport costs and criticism from the

public, politicians and the local

construction industry.

Mr Turner explained that the

Highways Agency budget had been

cut by 25%. This meant that from

having “a premium service, we have

to sweat the asset”. More patching is

one of the tools to do that. “But I

don’t think we properly understand

the consequences of getting more

and more involved in patching and its

physical impact. But we are going to

find out as that is the direction we

are taking.”

In Northern Ireland the

maintenance funding shortfall had

led to more research to see if the

money there could be better spent.

Dr Murray’s team had investigated

alternative forms of procurement like

managing agent contracts, term

maintenance, construction

management and private finance

schemes.

“I would have been delighted if

they had come up with significant

savings for me,” he said. “But the

outcome was that our current

arrangements (which include in

house direct contracts for 95% of the

work) are significantly cheaper than

roads maintenance costs in other

parts of the UK.”

The WRA Congress was sponsored

by Amey, TRL, Arup, Mouchel and

Mott MacDonald. JW

Transportation Professional December 20124 News & Analysis

Maintenance underspend will add to future costs Congress told

HOT TICKET: US transport engineers in Washington DC were last month set to

open the £1.2Bn Capital Beltway variable toll road scheme with prices that rise as

speeds drop below 45MPH. The variable tolls increase until enough drivers have

been persuaded to quit the toll lanes. But cars containing three or more people

will be able to travel for free on the the tolled High Occupancy Travel (HOT) lanes.

Local councils do not need to access

their pension funds to pay for

infrastructure; there are plenty of

funding streams already available,

the WRA Congress heard.

But what authorities do require is

capital or revenue financing to

support the funding said

PriceWaterhouseCoopers’ director

Simon Pilkington. He was reporting

on research for a new Adept report

on funding.

Government has announced that

councils will be able to pump another

£22Bn of pension funds into

infrastructure. But Mr Pilkington said

the Adept report demonstrates that

“the list of places to go for funding is

already extensive. You do not need to

use your pension fund. The problem

is how to pay back the funding.”

Councils are being pushed

towards using business rate retention

and tax incremental financing as

sources of repayment revenue. But

this means relying on anticipated

revenue gains from growth and new

taxes he said. “You are taking a

chance on growth and that is very

high risk,” Mr Pilkington said.

Financing not pension funds needed John Smart 1957-2012CIHT’s popular and knowledgeable

Director of Professional & Business

Development John Smart died

suddenly in November at the age of

55 after a short illness. A man of

charm, enthusiasm and

professionalism, he will be much

missed by colleagues and friends.

“John was known for his passion

for road safety and when he joined

CIHT from the Highways Agency his

new role enabled him to make a

tremendous difference,” according

to former CIHT Chief Executive Mary

Lewis who appointed him in 2004.

“He was a hands on manager,

earning his team’s loyalty.”

John’s determination to improve

road safety led to his involvement in

such as the US Transportation

Research Board Geometric Design

Committee as an international

member. “He was knowledgeable

designing in high and low speed

environments and was delighted to

share insights of motorway design,”

said former committee

chair Brian Ray.

John’s non professional passion

was Arsenal football club and his

love of the game helped cement

many industry friendships according

to Transport for London’s highway

manager Les Hawker.

“John will be sorely missed. He

was a much liked, respected and

valued professional and a friend to

many,” said CIHT Chief Executive

Sue Percy. “John made an enormous

contribution to the work of CIHT.

Our thoughts are with John’s family

and friends.”

John leaves his wife, Sharon and

children Katy and Ben. A Cancer

Research donation page has been

set up in remembrance –

http://donateinmemory.

cancerresearchuk.org/0003325

A full obituary report of John’s

work for CIHT and the industry will

appear in the next issue.

John Smart FCIHT, MICE 1957-2012

5News & AnalysisDecember 2012 Transportation Professional

FOUNDATIONS GO FORTH: Sheet piled cofferdam sections for the foundation of

the Forth Replacement Crossing’s central tower have been lifted out to Beamer

Rock in the middle of the Forth Estuary. The rectangular sheet piled cofferdam of

ten 80t, 10.6m high sections is being constructed inside the (now excavated) rock.

Each section is made of a steel wall and a 0.5m deep concrete base. The

cofferdam is due to be completed by mid December. Contractor Forth Crossing

Bridge Constructors is erecting three towers for the cable stay structure at a height

of 207m above high tide. The crossing will be 2.7km long including approach

viaducts. The north and south towers’ foundations are being formed inside round,

1200t double skinned steel caissons 30m high and of 30m diameter.

Maximum permitted speed of heavy

goods vehicles using single

carriageway roads could increase

from 40 to 50MPH under plans

announced by Government.

Roads Minister Stephen

Hammond said the measure could

help to ease congestion. And the

freight industry has argued that a

raised limit may reduce the

number of collisions caused by

other road users overtaking slower

moving lorries.

Department for Transport said

that 70% of larger lorries weighing

more than 7.5t already exceed the

40MPH speed limit. It suggested that

these hauliers may “have an unfair

competitive advantage” over those

who stick to the rules.

The Freight Transport Association

welcomed the proposed speed limit

increase. “We believe it will reduce

the number of incidents where drivers

overtake or attempt to overtake

slower moving HGVs,” said its head

of road network management policy

Malcolm Bingham. “Legitimising a

new speed limit will take away the

stress felt by all drivers in these

circumstances which we believe will

lead to improved road safety.”

But the suggested speed limit

increase was criticised by cycling

group CTC. It said that lorries pose a

much greater safety risk on single

carriageway rural routes than on

urban highways.

“This proposal is very worrying,”

said the group’s policy director Roger

Geffin. “Cycle safety is already

particularly bad on rural single

carriageway A roads; the chance of a

cycle fatality there is more than 20

times as high compared to an urban

non A road.”

Opinion divided over lorry speeds

London boroughs are being urged to

drop future highway maintenance

and infrastructure improvement

contracts in favour of a new

approach designed to reduce costs

and improve the quality of work. Four

framework deals have been awarded

by Transport for London to

contracting teams who will, from

next April, look after all classes of

TfL roads and those of participating

boroughs.

But only 12 of the 33 London

boroughs are expected to begin

using the new arrangement – known

as the Consolidated London

Highways Alliance Contract – from

next year when existing contracts

expire. A further six boroughs have

expressed an interest in participating

from 2014. TfL expects councils to

take part in the new deal where they

“represent better value than existing

arrangements”, but there is no

compulsion to do so.

Each framework deal runs for

eight years and covers 23 services

including lighting, winter

maintenance and safety inspections

plus design and construction of new

schemes. TfL says the new

frameworks should save £450M over

the period by avoiding expensive

tendering costs and through more

coordinated working and better use

of resources.

Roadworks in a ‘Central’ zone will

be looked after by a Colas/Volker

Highways/URS joint venture and

South London will be handled by

Enterprise Mouchel. North West

London will be managed by

Conway AECOM and North East

London will be the responsibility of

Ringway Jacobs.

Transport for London’s director of

roads Dana Skelley said: “These new

contracts will allow us to deliver work

in an efficient manner through

joined up working with other London

highway authorities.”

Ealing Council chief executive

Martin Smith welcomed the new

frameworks which he said

demonstrate the value of good

procurement and collaboration. “In

an ideal world every London borough

would be on board but it would be

wrong to compel them and take

away their choice,” he said.

“Something like this becomes more

powerful if people are willing to take

part rather than if they are instructed

to do so.”

Westminster City Council’s

transportation commissioner Martin

Low said he will consider using the

new arrangement, but makes no

promises. “Westminster is due to

tender its highways maintenance and

improvements contracts next year,

which will take effect from

1 April 2014. We are working closely

with TfL and other highway

authorities and may consider using

the TfL form provided it delivers

value for money.

“The council has externalised

many of its services and the current

providers are responsible for the

design and associated works. TfL has

not fully externalised its design

services and so our new contract may

offer better value for money for us

but it is certainly worth considering

TfL's contract.”

But a senior representative of

another borough, which has declined

to participate in the new highway

arrangement, sounded a word of

caution. “What might be best for

London may not be best for your

patch,” he said. “Councils may get

more favourable rates for work under

the new deal but without your own

contractor on board, resources might

not be directed as quickly to where

you need them.” MW

TfL and boroughs unite on London highway works

Four highways frameworks are being introduced in London

Transportation Professional December 20126 News & Analysis

Central span of an impressivelifting bridge crossing the Garonneriver in the French city of Bordeauxhas arrived by barge from Italy. The117m long section weighs 2500tand has been linked to thestructure’s operating mechanismsahead of testing and finaladjustments of the lifting system.The new bridge is to be opened in March.The Le Pont Bacalan-Bastide

movable bridge, as it was previouslyknown, has been renamed theJacques Chaban-Delmas bridge inhonour of the city’s former major.The €156M (£125M) project wasdesigned and is being built byVinci. A feature about the bridgeappeared in last December’s issueof Transportation Professional.

Bordeaux lifting bridge slides in

Ambitious plans to simplify the

transfer of freight from road to rail

and to make the process quicker

and more attractive for hauliers

have been unveiled in Calais.

The French port may soon be

connected to a pan European

network of lorry to train cargo

transfer stations extending as far

east as Lithuania and the Balkans.

But Britain looks set to remain in

the sidings or at best on a branch

line to this continental concept for

the foreseeable future.

Within two years the first of the

‘CargoBeamer’ inter modal freight

stations could begin operating from

the port of Calais and there is a

vision for 70 such terminals across

Europe. The German logistics firm

behind the rail freight development

admitted however that discussions

with UK transport operators have

yet to start and the earliest Britain

could become involved is 2020.

“We have grand plans in Calais

but no concrete plans for the UK,”

admitted CargoBeamer’s chief

executive Dr Hans-Jürgen

Weidemann to an audience of rail

freight logistics representatives at

the launch on 26 October. “We

have to focus on creating a

functioning system first from east to

west between Lithuania and Calais

and have good partners in Poland

and Switzerland. But of course we

want to expand further.”

When pressed Dr Weidemann

later said that he would need to

look in detail at the rail connections

with Britain and see where road

freight transfer terminals may be

needed. Authorisation, he added,

would also be needed from the

Channel Tunnel operator.

The CargoBeamer system has

been developed to allow articulated

road vehicles to transfer their ‘semi

trailers’ onto a rail freight train

without the need to lift the

containers by crane. At present the

company says that only 15% of

road based cargo can be transferred

onto the rails. But it insists that all

semi trailers can be transferred onto

rail trains with the new system.

The system works like this: lorry

drivers arrive at a freight transfer

terminal and place their semi

trailers onto special palettes

positioned beside a length of

railway track. They drive away

leaving the trailers behind ready for

the arrival of a freight train.

Palettes are then slid automatically

towards the train to load the semi

trailers. Up to 36 units can, it is

claimed, be transferred in this way

within 15 minutes.

Rail freight needs to be

encouraged, Dr Weidemann added,

because road freight across Europe

is forecast to grow by 75% by

2025 and could, he thinks,

overwhelm the continent’s

highways infrastructure.

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CIHT 100Should Government stopletting franchises and runthe trains itself?

YES42%It is called public transport for areason. Profit should not be theprimary consideration whenrunning a railway.

All Government has to do is sortout the procurement process.Running the trains themselveswould be a step too far.

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rise by 1.5% across the majority

of membership grades. Based on

direct debit rates this equates to

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for Members, £1 for Associates

and no increase for Retired

Members. Increases have been

kept to a minimum because of

current difficulties faced by the

industry as a whole and some

individual members. Full details

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7News & AnalysisDecember 2012 Transportation Professional

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TRANSPORT SECTOR IS GOOD EMPLOYER24 OctoberThe transportation sector has beenvoted one of the best in Britain whenit comes to career development andjob satisfaction according to a newpoll of graduates. Career siteTheJobCrowd.com asked 3000graduates in their first three years ofemployment to score their companyon a range of criteria includingresponsibility, progressionopportunities, colleague interaction,training, work-life balance andbenefits. Clients Network Rail, TubeLines, Transport for London andArriva all feature strongly in the top100 list behind British Airways. SteerDavies Gleave, Amey, MottMacDonald, Balfour Beatty,AkzoNobel, Siemens, Costain, Maceand Thales also received veryfavourable reviews.

DARTFORD PENALTY COULD COST £1057 NovemberPenalty charges of up to £105 arebeing proposed for motorists who donot pay their M25 Dartford Crossingtoll when free flow charging comesinto operation in October 2014.

AGGREGATE SHORTAGESWARNING24 OctoberFuture shortages of aggregates couldscupper efforts by the highwayconstruction sector to reduce carbonemissions associated withtransporting raw materials.

Mineral Products Association’sdirector of planning Ken Hobden saidtoo few new quarries are gettingplanning permission. This could mean“materials have to travel further in

the medium term which runs contraryto the principles of sustainabledevelopment.”

BLACKWALL TUNNEL TOLLCOULD PAY FOR NEW LONDONCROSSING31 October Road tolls could be introduced at theBlackwall Tunnel to help pay for aplanned new tunnel crossing beneaththe Thames at Silvertown. Transportfor London says the tolls would benecessary because the new tunnelwould need to be tolled. Seriousdelays at the existing crossing couldresult if one charged a fee and theother did not.

LORRY ROAD TAX TARGETSFOREIGN HAULIERS31 OctoberForeign hauliers look set to beginpaying to use British roads within 18months, contributing up to £23M ayear to the UK. Transport MinisterStephen Hammond said that the levycould be in place by April 2014.

Mr Hammond was talking duringa debate on the HGV Road User LevyBill which sets out to remove aninequality whereby UK hauliers payto use many roads abroad butforeign lorry drivers do not pay to usehighways in Britain.

HA AWARDS ASSET SUPPORT DEALS14 NovemberThe Highways Agency has let itslatest asset support framework dealsfor maintenance projects worth up to£15M. In the North the winningcontractors are: BAM Nuttall,Carillion Construction, Costain,Interserve, Lafarge Contracting. In theSouth they are: Balfour Beatty CivilEngineering, Carillion Construction,Costain, Interserve Construction andLafarge Contracting.

FLAWS REVEALED BY WEST COAST FRANCHISE31 OctoberBidders hoping to secure the WestCoast Main Line franchise weretreated inconsistently and there wereflaws in the way risk was calculated,

the Transport Secretary has said.Patrick McLoughlin told the House ofCommons that Centrica chief SamLaidlaw’s inquiry raised a number ofissues that will be looked at “withinterest and care”. A second reviewled by Eurostar chairman RichardBrown will look to see if any lessonscan be learned for future railfranchising programmes.

TAKE CARE OVER LOCALDEVOLUTION TRANSPORTDEPARTMENT TOLD31 OctoberSpending watchdog the NationalAudit Office has called on theDepartment for Transport torecognise the risks of devolving morecontrol over funding and delivery oftransport services to local bodies.

The department recently

announced proposals to devolvefunding for major transport schemesto new Local Transport Bodies and isconsulting on devolving bus fundingand some responsibilities for railservices to local authorities. But in areport published in November theNAO urged the department to clarifywho is accountable for local transportfunding and how they will be held toaccount if something goes wrong.

News from your Transportation Professional Weekly

MONSTER LIFT 14 NovemberFirst of two huge tunnel boringmachines soon to start work on thelongest underground run on theCrossrail project has been loweredinto a 40m deep shaft in east London.The machine named Elizabeth weighs550t, the equivalent of 280 London

taxis. It was lifted into position usinga 1350t crane, reportedly one of thelargest in Europe. A second TBMchristened Victoria will shortly belowered into the same shaft.Machines will begin tunnelling fromthe site near Canning Town towardsFarringdon before the end of the year,a distance of 8.3km.

Transportation Professional December 20128 Debate / Working life

Job title – Freight sales director, DFDS

Seaways

Terms of reference – I am

responsible for freight sales, bookings

and customer service teams on various

cross Channel routes and help set our

strategic direction in what is a very

competitive environment.

Suitability for the job – I have over

30 years of experience in the shipping

industry and started our Dover to

Dunkirk ferry route in 2000.

Where based – We have recently

relocated to the village of Whitfield,

just 10 minutes drive from the Eastern

Docks at Dover. Prior to this I was

located at the Dover port for 12 years.

Transport to work – A 30 minute

drive.

Top of in-tray – My most important

role is to serve our customers and

support my teams to ensure we deliver

the quality of service required to meet

the demands of our freight clients.

Best aspect of job – Achieving my

goals with a motivated team and

continuously growing the freight

business. I have held relationships with

some of our customers for over 20

years, which gives me a certain

amount of pride.

Worst aspect – We work in a fiercely

competitive market, which means that

I can’t afford to take my eye off the

ball for even a moment. It does,

however, keep me focused.

What is the most importanttransport issue today?

Ever increasing fuel costs. Freight

drivers are looking to reduce mileage

to save costs wherever possible and

our Dunkirk service is perfect for drivers

travelling to eastern and northern

Europe. Our Calais service is perfectly

positioned for traffic travelling south.

How do you relax? – I enjoy martial

arts, long country walks and cycling

over 60km per week.

What car is in your garage?I drive a Ford Kuga.

Ambition – To continue growing the

freight operation and for the company

to become the largest freight carrier on

the English Channel.

Working life:Wayne Bullen

Debate:Should Government stop letting franchises and run the railways itself?

Bob Crow National Union of Rail,Maritime and TransportWorkersThe sheer scale of the chaosover the botched award of theWest Coast Main Line franchisethat has been played out in themedia over the past few monthsmust have shocked even thosewho thought that the insanityof rail privatisation could notplumb any further depths.For those who work in the rail

industry this is not someabstract row between ministersand civil servants. It is aboutjobs, services, communities andthe kind of society that we wantto live in.Over 3000 workers on the

WCML and hundreds more onassociated fleet and servicecontracts have been lefthanging by a thread. Many ofthem live in areas with a richand proud tradition as acornerstone of the Britishrailway industry. The reputationof Britain as the nation that

gave the railways to the worldhas been dragged through themud by the unmitigated andcostly shambles on the WestCoast.This fiasco shines the

spotlight on the greed and selfserving that has robbed billionsin profits and dividends fromour railways since privatisationtwo decades ago.Now at last people are waking

up to that cold, hard fact.Recent polls show 70% nowsupport the RMT call for full re-nationalisation. With fares setto rise by up to 11% in Januaryand thousands of jobs at riskfrom the McNulty Rail Reviewthe time for re-nationalisationis right now.The East Coast Main Line is

run efficiently and safely inpublic hands, is contributinghundreds of millions back tothe Treasury and investing inservices rather than privateprofits. The West Coast routeshould be next with the rest tofollow under one, single,publicly owned and integratedumbrella.Bring back British Rail? As

an alternative to the greed andchaos on our railways laid bare over the past few months?You bet.

Chris Bowley, MCIHTHighway maintenanceconsultantI would hope that theBeeching Review of the earlysixties taught us the lessonthat railways run solely byGovernment are not profitable.To be successful it is

necessary to have bothinvestment andincentivisation. Now as wasthen neither will beforthcoming without industryinvolvement in the presentclimate of recession. Publicprivate partnerships are theonly viable way forward.The present setup where

Network Rail owns andoperates the rail network as anational asset is a sensible oneand provides the means for thetrain operators to run servicesindependently or on sharedroutes through collaborationwith a Governmentdepartment.This model is broadly akin

to that of the strategic highway

network for the UK where theasset is retained byGovernment and managedand maintained viacollaborative partnership stylecontracts.These contracts have been

developed and honed over thelast 20 years and are anexcellent example of publicprivate partnerships.Procurement lessons learntfrom this experience shouldassist with devising suitablemodels for the rail industry.Train operating contracts by

their very nature will berequired to run for longperiods due to the high level ofinvestment that is involvedwith the purchase of rollingstock. It is therefore essentialto have a sound contractualfoundation based on goodpractice, experience and trust.This can and will develop

into long standing PPPs fromwhich will evolve the future ofrailways in this country. Therecent hiccup with the WestCoast Main Line contract wasunfortunate but serves as alesson to be learnt for thefuture and from which we willall ultimately benefit andprevent us from the return tothe vagaries of British Rail.

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9Highway Engineer / Just One More ThingDecember 2012 Transportation Professional

10 years agoStudents and young professionals turned out in force at a populartransportation seminar hosted by the North Western Branch. The halfday seminar called ‘Highways & Transportation – Your contribution tothe future’ attracted over 100 delegates under the age of 35.

Salford University’s senior lecturer in transportation Ralph Hensonspoke about the challenges of sustainable travel and discussed howuniversities and young people can meet these challenges throughcreative thinking and imagination.

The Institution’s director of technical affairs Carlton Roberts-Jamesspoke about transport policy with a focus on journey time reliability.

25 years agoGovernment plans to spend £2Bn over the next three years on buildingnational roads and another £1Bn on improving existing highways, theTransport Secretary has said. Paul Channon said spending on nationalroads is set to be three percent higher in the next financial year, fivepercent higher the following year and nine percent higher the year after.

Among the major new construction schemes planned are theM1/A1 link, the M20 in Kent between Maidstone and Ashford andextension of the M40 to Birmingham. The A69 Newcastle WesternBypass is also set to go ahead.

50 years agoThousands of multi level interchanges have been built in the USA, farexceeding the number in any other part of the world. It is therefore clearthat America intends to continue developing her highways and providethe ever increasing number of motor vehicles with safe, speedy andefficient means of travel.

Britain also has an increasing number of people who want to own acar and this country has a choice to make, said Brian Scruby ofconsultant Frederick S Snow & Partners. It must now decide whether itwants to preserve its antiquated road system or embark on a roaddevelopment plan far exceeding anything it has considered to date.

75 years agoBrighton’s representative in the House of Commons (and HonoraryMember of the Institution) Commander Sir Cooper Rawson asked theChancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain to make clear theTreasury’s position regarding local authority tenders.

Sir Cooper asked Mr Chamberlain whether HM Treasury ever insiststhat local authorities tendering for road works accept the lowest priceput forward. Or can matters of efficiency, running cost, durability ofmaterials and freedom from repair be considered in addition to price?

“There is no insistence on acceptance of the lowest tender and onoccasion there may be a case for passing over the lowest tender,” MrChamberlain said.

The Highway Engineer was the first journal of theInstitution of Highway Engineers and was followed inlater years by Highways & Transportation magazine. Here,Transportation Professional includes extracts of storiespublished in the journals 10, 25, 50 and 75 years ago.

Transport Scotland and TRL worked out earlier in the year that forevery £1 invested in road condition the economic benefit was £1.60(TP August/September). Now the Northern Ireland Roads Servicehas established that for every £1 underspent on maintenance thebacklog grows by £1.60 (see News this month).Meanwhile the Chancellor is desperate to get the construction

industry which is at its lowest level of activity for over 30 years backto work to push the economy into growth. He has been looking for“shovel ready” projects that can be started straight away. Does he really need telling these schemes are right under his

feet? Road maintenance can provide instant activity, new jobs,comes with little or no planning delays and – as the evidence shows– would provide excellent value for money. And absolutely no onecan deny the need for the work to be done.The Autumn Statement is an opportunity to inject a subtle

amount of cash into maintenance and there is no reason thisshould not be grasped now Treasury has those £1.60 arguments to work with.The current long term strategy is to find someone else to pay for

infrastructure investment – pension funds being a particularfavourite. But as an ADEPT report last month made clear funding isnot the problem. What is at issue is how to repay the loans orprovide returns to investors.For new capital works councils for instance are being forced

down a high risk road of betting on future revenue growth frombusiness rates or community infrastructure levy and the like. Highrisk will not appeal to pension funders and means finding otherhigher cost funding deals.Maintenance can provide the lower risk and guaranteed returns

(via Treasury largesse) that funders like and pension funds haverecently been interested in maintenance PFI deals for thesereasons. That interest was sparked a little too late to become realitybut it does suggest there might be a future for maintenance PFIsdespite Government’s cooling on them earlier in the year. What the Treasury will think of having to tie up guaranteed

amounts of revenue for 25 years to finance maintenance whenroad spend has always been the economic regulator will always be the issue. But follow the money is the business mantra and if the money fancies road maintenance that may be the way it isforced to go.

Jackie Whitelaw, Editor

Just one more thing...

My colleague Ty Byrd writes:I will remember John Smart for a variety of reasons – thebreadth of his professional knowledge, his affection for Arsenaland the way his eyes lit up whenever his family wasmentioned. John was both a good sort and a good sport. To mepersonally, as a journalist seeking expert guidance, he could beinvaluable. There have been Editorials published inTransportation Professional carrying my byline which mightmore accurately have carried his. He had good ideas and verygood contacts; could be serious but also pleasingly indiscreet.I liked John and his death has come as a shock. Britannia Walkwill be a gloomier place without him.

Transportation Professional December 201210 Letters

Transportation Professional welcomes letters from readers on all subjects raised by the magazine and about any other transportation issue. Please keep your letters brief and include your CIHT designation, if applicable. The Editor reserves the right to condense. Address your letters to: The Editor, Transportation Professional, 7 Linden Close, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 8HH, f: 01892 524456, e: jackie@transportation-mag.com

BETTER STREETS FOR ABU DHABI The Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Councilhas recently released an updated UrbanStreet Design Manual (USDM) andsupporting online design tool.The objective is to create high quality

sustainable urban streets enabling AbuDhabi to become a safer, more pleasantplace to walk, cycle and use publictransport. The USDM introduces a multi modal

integrated process to design urban streetsand crossing facilities that are appropriatefor their surroundings; streets that arelined with popular retail shops will featurewider sidewalks with more shade andtraffic buffering. Streets that serveresidential areas will be designed for low traffic speeds with safe pedestriancrossings.Our new online design tool allows users

to quickly explore and design multi modalstreet plan views and cross sections fornew streets or retrofits in communitiesinternationally in accordance with localguidance and best practice principles, nomatter their location.A recent study carried out to evaluate

USDM on Salam Street, a major

thoroughfare in Abu Dhabi City, hashighlighted that it can significantlyimprove pedestrian safety. Vehicle speedson the new right turn lanes designed withUSDM standards were significantly lowerthan those on right turn lanes designedbefore and the probability of pedestriandeath was substantially reduced.The USDM and online design tool can

be downloaded at:http://www.upc.gov.ae/template/upc/pdf/USDM-Manual-English.pdf http://usdm.upc.gov.ae/usdm_online_tool/USDM_Online_Tool.htmlEuclide MalagrinoSenior associate planner, Transport TISEuclide.malagrino@upc.gov.ae

HIGH SPEED OFF THE RAILSIt's all too easy to dream up the idea of anew train set because the present stock oftoys is not up to date. This sums up thebasis for HS2, launched with fanfare butweak on sound financial reasoning.We are told that HS2 is needed because

the network is full to capacity andcommerce must save those valuableminutes between our major cities.Yet consider this: under Freedom of

Information legislation it transpires thatsome rail companies are not fulfilling thecapacity conditions of their franchises butwhen challenged stated that coach repairsand maintenance were to blame. Further,present East Coast main line trains are allnine coaches between front and rearengines, yet in the past Deltic enginesdrew 13 coaches; those missing fourcoaches at 130 seats, well, work it out! So, there are no problems with platform

length and in fact the only problem lies inthe current inability to bang track andtrain company heads together and engagea Minister of rather more substance thanthe recent Villiers and Greening.Ian Hart, FCIHTian432150@yahoo.co.uk

SAFETY IN OUR SITES

I read with interest your editorial piece inthe November TransportationProfessional citing the Intellicone and itsuse in Area 12 and the request for widerroad works safety initiatives.Here in A-one+ Intellicone is only one

of our road works safety initiatives. Wehave also recently undertaken a roadworker safety radio campaign which wasprompted by the fact that our highestranking near misses were to do with road

users encroaching into temporary trafficmanagement. We developed threeprofessional quality 30 second radioadverts based on our experiences whichran earlier this year reaching 1.9Mlisteners and we are now working on thesecond phase of our radio campaign.One of the highest risk activities for our

roadworkers is when they deploy andremove traffic management signsespecially where there is a need to crossthe live carriageway to the central reserve.Current practice requires advance signson both sides of the carriageway at 800,600, 400 and 200 yards. In 2010 A-one+was part of national trials that omittedthe 200 and 600 yard signs, saving 32carriageway crossings by roadworkersevery time the signs were set out. Therewas no significant change in road userperception and to date in 2012 we havedeployed the simplified trafficmanagement layout 4741 times in our

MAC contracts saving an estimated150,000 carriageway crossings. We are now looking at high level lorry-

mounted wicket signs for use onmotorways where a hard shoulder isavailable. Three of these vehicles andelectronic signs are located in the hardshoulder in advance of closed lanes andthis eliminates the need for signs on theoffside therefore removing the need for allcarriageway crossings by roadworkers.Our next initiative is called No Strikes

and follows a number of accidentsinvolving drivers running into the back ofimpact protection vehicles. Early nextyear we will be providing awarenesstraining to 2000 haulage drivers inpartnership with transport giant NorbertDentressangle.Andrew Sharp, MCIHTArea Manager (Area 12 North & Humber) A-one+Andrew.sharpe@aone.uk.com

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Transportation Professional December 201212 Road Maintenance

By the time you read this three areasof Sheffield will be undergoing atop to toe make over of their

streets as the city’s maintenance PFI startsin earnest. Over the first five years of the25 year Streets Ahead deal concessionaireAmey will be spending £350M to tacklethese and a further 105 zones of the city inorder to reverse decades ofunderinvestment.There are 1888km of road to be

resurfaced and rebuilt along with 3280km

of footpath; around 50 of the total 610bridges will be refurbished and new trafficsignals set up at 480 sites. Also included ina very long list are items like replacing halfof the city’s 36,000 highway trees, replacing28,000 new street signs and cutting of2.9M.m2 of grass verge. It is not just the street scene on the

ground that will alter. Above the heads ofthe population another change will betaking place as 68,000 conventional streetlights are replaced with more energy

efficient but brighter LEDs thatnevertheless emit far less light pollution. “In five years you won’t be able to see

Sheffield from the Peak District at nightanymore,” says Sheffield City Council headof highway maintenance Steve Robinson.As the city disappears from the view of

one of the country’s most beautiful regionsthe plan is that it will itself be transformedinto a far more desirable place to live,work and crucially invest. The intentionbehind the £2.1Bn Streets Ahead PFI

Sheffield residents are about to see their street lights replaced with 68,000 LEDS.

But the new Streets Ahead PFI aims to shine in many other ways. Jackie Whitelaw reports.

Sheffield streets team startscity’s core refurbishment

Streets Ahead project director Mike Notman and Sheffield City Council head of highway maintenance Steve Robinson check in depth the condition of the roads

scheme is to change Sheffield’s reputationfrom pothole city and all the connotationsof decline and greyness that suggests intoa smart, go ahead conurbation that is theenvy of the north and probably, given thesharp decline in road maintenancebudgets just about everywhere else.“The attraction of the PFI concept has

always been that it will lead to theregeneration of the city,” Mr Robinsonsays. “And there was no other way ofgetting done the amount of work that is needed. “In common with everywhere else,

highways maintenance has always beentargeted when there has been a need forbudget cuts. Sheffield by some measureshas officially the worst roads in thecountry. We’ve been known as pothole cityfor years. And when we asked thepopulation what were the things they wereleast satisfied with the top answer thatcame back was ‘the state of the roads andthe pavements’.”The city’s street infrastructure had long

ago passed the point of no return, MrRobinson explains. “As the condition

declined we got to a point when even if wehad spent a little bit more we would neverget on top of the problem. We have beenin a situation of accelerated deterioration.”Sheffield and its fellow cities in the

region are competing to attract newinvestors. “The poor state of the roadsmight be one of the reasons people wouldinvest elsewhere,” Mr Robinson believes. “Now we are going to go from having

the worst roads in the country to the bestin five years. That will benefit oureconomy, not just because Sheffield looksbetter and with improved lighting, feelssafer. We are repairing the roads withstone mastic asphalts where appropriatefor longer life paving, there will be less adhoc disruption for emergency repairs andjourney times will be reliable.”An important part of the PFI is that

utility and public transport works will befactored into the initial intensive capitalworks phase. “We have a five year programme that is

visible to the utilitiesand the buscompanies. We havebeen talking to theutilities for the lastfour years and theyknow they can targettheir works to tie in with ours. If we worktogether it will reduce their costs anddisruption to the public and businesses.And they are also aware that if we haveresurfaced a street as part of the PFI therewill be a restriction on them digging it upagain for up to five years.“The bus companies have also been

asked what ideas they have to give them

an opportunity to bring their programmesforward into our core investment, again inthe interests of reducing disruption andpreserving the integrity of our newinfrastructure.”Sheffield’s PFI is one of three

“pathfinder” pilots set up by the previousgovernment to assess the value for moneyof maintenance PFIs. The other two areHounslow in London and the Isle of Wightand are both in the hands of Ringway.Portsmouth won by Colas in 2005 andBirmingham won by Amey in 2010 werethe first cities to introduce thearrangement. The five areas meet regularly at

Department for Transport to share theirexperiences and knowledge and althoughGovernment said it had cooled on the ideaof road maintenance PFIs earlier in theyear (Transportation ProfessionalMay) theoutcome of the PFI Review may prompt afurther reassessment.Certainly Sheffield believes the schemes

are the best way toaddress deterioratingstreets. The city council’sdeputy leader BryanLodge believes “it hasbeen clearlydemonstrated that the

Sheffield project is the best value formoney solution to resolving the city’sbacklog of highway works and widerhighway maintenance issues”(TP May).The Sheffield contract with Amey was

signed on 31 July and after a shortmobilisation period, began on 20 Augustwhen all 483 city council highwaysmaintenance Street Force staff >

Sheffield’s reputation as pothole city was one of the drivers for pursuing the PFI

13Road MaintenanceDecember 2012 Transportation Professional

“The council isworking with policeto collect statisticson safer streets asnew lighting isinstalled.”

> transferred to the Streets Ahead venture.“We were working long before that to

map individuals into the new structure sothe changeover was pretty seamless,” saysAmey’s Mike Notman who is projectdirector for Streets Ahead. “We hadcommitted up front to no redundanciesand to increase jobs by 200 along withhiring 30 new apprentices locally so webelieve people have found the wholeexperience very positive.“We need a staff of 740 to deliver the

whole service,” says Mr Notman. Theproportion of Amey staff inthe team will be small atabout 30 he says.“We certainly didn’t pick

up any concern about thetransfer from the workforce,”says Mr Robinson. “And weparticularly encouraged Amey and its rivalbidders to focus on apprenticeships. Thecouncil is leading in that field in the UKand we take on 100 of our own each year.”All along the plan has been to minimise

disruption during the intensive capitalworks period. Streets Ahead will refurbishand replace everything from street lightsto drainage gullies in one hit in each of the108 zones it has mapped out in the city.“As we get going we will be working on fiveor six zones at once but spread around thecity so we don’t bring everything to astandstill,” Mr Notman says.Communication with locals is going to

be key and part of the set up is theemployment of seven assembly stewardsmatched to each of the city’s assemblywards to be the conduit for information, toreassure residents and to act as advocatesfor the investment. They will be therethroughout the life of the PFI. “After the

core investment is completed StreetsAhead’s responsibility shifts tomaintenance,” Mr Notman says. “But therewill be five to six times the amount of thatbeing done compared to what people havebeen used to so that will need explaining.“But once we’ve done the major work,

we won’t be back in force for 15 years,” MrNotman promises. “It works out that everyroad will be refurbished 1.7 times over the25 years of the PFI.”If there are going to be any problems

they are most likely to be from people in

zones where work has not been donewondering why their area might not betackled for four or five years, Mr Robinsonbelieves. Under the Streets Ahead contract Amey

is paid a fixed fee by the council but has753 key performance indicators to hit,some measured monthly, some annually.If the KPIs are missed there are penaltiesin the form of “service deductions”, ieAmey doesn’t get part of its fee. “We onlypay for what we get,” Mr Robinson says.There are also milestones the

achievement of which generates a newtranche of fee from the council. And if newworks are accrued into the project there isa mechanism to change the scope of work. KPIs are self assessed by the PFI

although Mr Robinson has a small auditteam as back up. Milestones are assessed by the project’s independentsurveyor URS.

“The council did a lot of work beforeletting the contract to determine whatAmey and Streets Ahead did or didn’t needto maintain,” Mr Robinson says. “And wedid a lot of work to find out what the stateof the network was and who owned whatwhich was given to Amey to take intocontractual negotiations.”The Streets Ahead PFI includes capital

improvement and a programme ofaccruing new private developer works intothe project which could involve up to100km of new road to service the city’s

growth over 25 years.Traffic managementremains theresponsibility of thecouncil so it cancontrol where andwhen works happen

and manage disruption.Measurement of the impact of the PFI

on the city’s environment is important.The council is working with the police tocollect statistics on safer streets forexample as the new lighting is installed.“And Sheffield University is undertaking aperception survey next year to look atresidential zones before and after to see ifacross the city there is an increase in theperception of safety,” Mr Robinson says.“We expect there to be.“This project is going to be a game

changer for our city.”

Transportation Professional December 201214 Road Maintenance

Sheffield’s golden night time glow will no longer be visible from the Peak District beauty spot once the street lights have been changed to LEDs

The Streets Ahead team

Client: Sheffield City CouncilPFI contractor: AmeyIndependent surveyor: URSLenders technical adviser: Leigh Fisher

“The utilities are awarethere will be restrictionon them digging upresurfaced streets forup to five years.” Steve Robinson

“It works out thatevery road will berefurbished 1.7times over the 25years of the PFI.” Mike Notman

Transportation Professional December 201216 Road Maintenance

Patching and surface dressing maybe the road maintenance diet of theday (see News) but when there is an

underlying failure the repair techniqueneeds to be rather more in depth.One of the most cost effective options is

deep recycling because it can convert theexisting road construction via a cold in situprocess into a new pavement withconsequent savings on materials, vehiclemovements and emissions.“There are always cost savings to be had

using deep recycling,” says recyclingmanager Jochen Troeger from industryrecognised recycling expert Colas. “Thetechnique is 20 – 40% cheaper thanconventional solutions and the design life is 20 years.“People are using less and less hot

asphalt as it is so expensive,” Colas’ MrTroeger says. “And even for this process,when years ago you could have used afoam bitumen design mix there has been amove towards cement, lime or PFAbecause it is cheaper.”If done properly works are designed to

the latest standards using TRL 611 or 386according to the amount of traffic on the route. “This sounds straight forward but few

people know there are multiple solutions

for the design mix with which thepavement is recycled,” Mr Troeger says.“We will tailor our solutions to the

customer’s project rather than just offeringone option. For instance on urban roadswhere you have services near the surfaceyou can only recycle to shallow depths ofaround 150mm and you need to use a highstrength concrete mix,” he says.“But where you have movement in the

ground or you want a flexible pavement weuse slow hydraulic binders like PFA. Butthen you have to increase the depth to getthe strength. The technique can be used todepths of up to 450mm. Even acombination of binders can be used totailor the need.”This is what happened in the village of

Bushton near Royal Wootton Bassett in

Wiltshire recently where Colas was calledin by Eurovia to provide deep recycling todepths of 250mm. An area of 6278m2 oflocal carriageway was repaired using theold highway broken down into recycledaggregate and mixed with a PFA andcement hydraulic binder.“Rutting in the road suggested there was

failure below the upper layers so this couldnot be a simple plane out and relay job,”says Colas Recycling assistant contractsmanager Gary Cork. “We opted for a PFA and cement mix

because there are more fines and it gave usa more flexible pavement,” says Mr Cork.“If you have a weak foundation belowwhere you are treating and you put downpavement using just a cement mix it will betoo rigid and will crack.” JW

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Deep recycling at Bushton: A mix of PFA cement binder creates a more flexible pavement

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Deep recycling finding new fans

Rail commuters may reduce their amount of travel if fares increase too much throwing franchise

negotiations and rail economics into confusion argues economist Matthew Shepherd from consultant

Oxera. He suggests that traditional ways of measuring impacts of fare rises need reassessing.

Rail plans at risk from fare rises

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TP: Why should we be worried?Matthew Shepherd: In2007/08, the market forseason ticket rail travel inLondon alone was worthapproximately £1.1Bn.Understanding how

passengers in this market respond tochanges in the price of tickets is ofconsiderable importance for all parties inthe rail industry.

TP: How would passengers’responsiveness to changes in faresnormally be assessed?Matthew Shepherd: In the rail industry thefirst source for understanding howpassengers are likely to respond tochanges in fares is a document called the‘Passenger Demand ForecastingHandbook’ (PDFH). This contains a largenumber of elasticities which measureconsumer responses to shocks – ie thepercentage change in demand for apercentage change in price – for a widerange of ticket types and geographicmarkets.The PDFH collates the results of many

studies, conducted over a considerablelength of time and provides recommended values. The Department forTransport requires that these values areused in the appraisal of transportschemes.

TP: Sounds sensible. Why should it bechanged?Matthew Shepherd: There is nothingwrong with the approach, but timeschange. In recent times we have seen theintroduction of new technology such asthe Oyster card, a severe recession and anumber of years in which the cost ofrunning a car increased substantiallyabove the rate of inflation. Relying onstudies conducted in the yearsimmediately after the rail network wasprivatised may give a misleading pictureof how passengers respond to changes infactors affecting demand such as fares.

Q: What are you suggesting?Matthew Shepherd: Recent work by Oxeraand others has suggested that consumersare up to three times more sensitive toprices – that is, the price elasticity ofdemand is three times greater in absolutemagnitude – than would be suggested bythe recommended values in the PDFH.This means that the percentage reductionin demand in response to a given changein price may be up to three times largerthan industry guidance would suggest.The reasons for this are not fully

understood but the finding appears to beconsistent across a range of studiesinvolving different geographical areas andanalytical techniques. A number ofexplanations are possible, including thatthe introduction of the Oyster card haschanged passenger attitudes to how theytravel by introducing a cost per journey,rather than the previous flat cost of aseason ticket; and the increasing ability ofcommuters to work from a number oflocations (for example, working fromhome for several days a week and usingday tickets for the remaining days).

TP: What are the implications?Matthew Shepherd: If this is true, there areimportant implications across the railindustry for the Department for Transport,

Transport for London and Network Railwhich are engaged in strategic planning;for train operators aiming to balancesupply and demand of services; and forthose engaged in franchise bidding.More concretely:• continued fare increases above the rateof inflation might not generate theanticipated revenue and thus increasethe likelihood of train operatorsexperiencing financial difficulties;

• the Government’s stated aim ofstopping above inflation fare increasesmay generate more demand for railtravel than anticipated.

TP: This sounds important – are thereimplications for other modes as well?Matthew Shepherd: These findings suggestthat people may be changing either howthey travel or their attitudes to travel andtherefore existing models may not beaccurate guides to the future which willhave implications across all modes oftransport.

Oxera is an independent economicsconsultancy, which works across allmodes of transport. This interview isbased on a paper presented to theEuropean Transport Conference inOctober.

Rail passengers may be more sensitive to price hikes than previously thought

Transportation Professional December 201218 Road Safety

If you want to promote cycling here inthe UK there has to be segregation onthe highway,” the head of the Dutch

Cycling Embassy Roelof Wittink remarkedat an event in Westminster during October.“In the Netherlands we have segregationand a road system that is more forgivingfor cyclists if they make mistakes. But thatdoes not seem to be the case here.”Mr Wittink made his comments at the

‘Love London Go Dutch’ conference, heldto encourage urban planners and highwayengineers from the capital to adoptHolland’s – and particularly Amsterdam’s –cycle friendly initiatives. “The mainprinciple for road safety in the Netherlandsis to try and prevent the chance forincidents to occur,” he added. “Thereforewe minimise conflict (between motoristsand cyclists) and go for segregation asmuch as possible when traffic speedsexceed 30km/h.”The needs of cyclists, he went on,

“should be the starting point whencreating highway facilities” and this meansproviding a minimum width for cyclists inurban areas of at least 1.5m. “Tower Bridge has the narrowest cycling facility Ihave ever seen,” he continued. “I amastounded that people on a bike can keepto that track.”Delegates discussed the introduction of

London’s ‘Cycle Superhighways’ – whichgive bike riders clearly defined routesalong major roads into the city centre.Some visitors from Holland questionedwhether situating the cycle routes on mainroads was such a good thing, suggestingthat riders may be safer, encounter fewerjunctions and make faster progress onback routes. But a representative fromLondon hit back, saying: “Encouragingcyclists onto back roads is not the way togo. London Mayor Boris Johnson got itabsolutely right by putting theSuperhighways on to the main routes.”Conference chairman Phillip Darnton of

the Bicycle Association told the audience

that the Department for Education shouldconsider putting cycling on the nationalcurriculum. “Swimming is, so why isn’tcycling?” he asked. “Especially as we as acountry are so good at sitting down sportssuch as rowing, riding and cycling andhave the medals to prove it.”Transport for London director Ben

Plowden, himself a keen cyclist, said hisauthority estimates there to be 540,000cycle trips in the capital each day andwould like to see a four fold increase in twowheeled journeys in London by the middleof the next decade. “The number of peoplecycling in London is going up very sharply,although we are starting from a low base ofaround 1% of all journeys,” he said. Toencourage the riding of bicycles amongpeople of many different backgrounds TfL is making a conscious effort, he added,to publicise “images of people cycling who are not 24 year old fashionableHoxton types”.He went on to say that it is “still relatively

rare for decision makers to be seencycling”. But Transport Minister NormanBaker in his speech to the conference said

high flying city executives are beginning todemand that employers provide suitablecycle facilities at their places of work.“The fact that people on very high

incomes are now demanding propercycling facilities is helping to shift themindset that riding a bike is a minoritypursuit for the less well off,” he said.The Minister added that the Olympic

and Paralympic Games and the Tour deFrance have helped to raise the profile of cycling. But 50% of car journeys, hecontinued, are still between one and five miles and 16% of those are less thantwo miles. “If you want to get round city centres

like London it is crackers to get in a car,”Mr Baker said. “Being stuck in a traffic jamseems to me to not be a very good use ofanyone’s time. You can get from A to B in afar more predictable journey time if youwalk or cycle or use public transport forlonger distances.”Mr Baker went on to say that

Government is spending £30M to improvedangerous junctions for cyclists, of whichhalf will be spent in London. MW

Cyclists and motor vehicles should be kept apart in busy urban areas and cycling proficiency should be

compulsory for young people, conference speakers argued in London.

Dutch speak up for cycle separation

The Dutch are surprised that UK cyclists have to mix it with road traffic

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Transportation Professional December 201220 Road Safety

Britain’s most unsafe busy mainroad is a 23km section of the A21between Hurst Green in Kent and

Hastings in East Sussex according to theRoad Safety Foundation (RSF).In a survey of the motorways and A

roads published this week the organisationsaid that the single carriageway section ofA21 had a combination of above averagerisks and large numbers of road usersexposed to those risks. Between 2006 and2010 there were 77 fatal and seriouscrashes on the section used by 13,883vehicles on an average day.This compares to a 12km section of the

A537 between Macclesfield and Buxton inDerbyshire which had a fatal and seriouscasualty rate of 53 in the same time frame but which carried significantly less daily traffic.“Typically the highest risk roads are

narrow, twisting, hilly and in the ruralareas of the north. Although apparentlyclear candidates for priority action, theirlower traffic flows may not justify thespend on improvements,” the RSF said.RSF director Dr Joanne Marden said the

foundation had decided for the first timeto highlight high risk busy roads becauseanticipated reforms of road financing andownership will require a new focus onmeasuring the safety performance ofhighways. It argues in the report thatminimum safety levels should be setwhich make sense to the public, investorsand new operators of Britain’s major roadinfrastructure.“The planned reforms in road financing

mean a new focus on measuring safetyperformance and the high returns quickly available from safety engineering.Where there is clear evidence of higher risk and heavy traffic flows the economiccase for intervention is compelling,” Dr Marden said.“There are practical, relatively

inexpensive solutions which will pay backthe costs of investment in a matter of

weeks – with high rates of return in thefirst year alone – and go on saving livesand saving money for the nation for manyyears to come. Much of this remedial workcan be done as part of routinemaintenance,” she said.Examples of best benefit improvements

are traffic signals at busy junctions, highfriction surfacing andredesigned layout. “Newaverage speed camerasand interactive speedsigns feature strongly onroads that have improvedthe most,” RSF said.The most improved road in the country

was a rural 20km single carriagewaysection of the A605 in Cambridgeshirefrom just outside Peterborough to theA141. Fatal and serious crashes fell from 34to 9 between 2001-05 and 2006-10.Installation of traffic signals at busyjunctions, fixed speed cameras in villages,mobile camera enforcement sites and useof pelican crossings are cited as themeasures that made the difference.A 23km section of the A21 is the Road

Safety Foundation’s candidate for mostunsafe road in Britain. But evidence fromother highways show that simple

improvement measures can havemaximum impact.On all 10 most improved roads simple

attention to safety engineering detailresulted in “extraordinary” cuts in roaddeaths and serious injuries, the foundationsays. Fatal and serious crashes fell bynearly two thirds from 541 to 209 over the

two periodssurveyed and theorganisation claimsthis has delivered aboost to theeconomy worth£35M every year.

On the busiest high risk roads benefitsfor the economy by reducing accidentscould be significant even with modestambitions in terms of improvements, DrMarden says. “Improving these sections ofroad so they simply get an ‘average’ riskrating and become six times more riskythan motorways would save lives andbring cost savings to the economy of £20M annually.”“With 2% of GDP lost in road crashes as

well as lives, we can get quick guaranteedreturns by raising safety levels.” JWTo read the full report go to

www.roadsafetyfoundation.org

A 23km section of the A21 is the Road Safety Foundation’s candidate for most unsafe road in Britain.

But evidence from other highways show that simple improvement measures can have maximum impact.

Safety group names Britain’stop 10 most unsafe busy roads

The A21 near Sedlescombe: the single carriageway section carries 13,883 vehicles on an average day

“The planned reformsin road financingmean a new focus onmeasuring safetyperformance.” Joanna Marden

21Road SafetyDecember 2012 Transportation Professional

High risk and most improved roadsBritain’s busy higher risk roads (2006-10)

1 A21 A229 - Hastings 23 77 3.3 13,883

2 A642 Wakefield - Huddersfield 14 34 2.4 13,650

3 A1101 Outwell (A1122) - Long Sutton (A17) 21 48 2.3 9653

4 A646 Burnley - Halifax 30 70 2.3 10,811

5 A619 Chesterfield - Baslow 14 27 2.0 10,843

6 A113* Chigwell - Chipping Ongar 17 32 1.9 10,221

7 A271* A22 - Battle 21 35 1.7 8341

8 A65 Long Preston - M6 J36 42 61 1.5 8547

9 A264* East Grinstead - Tunbridge Wells 21 30 1.4 8749

10 A1077* M181 - Barton-upon-Humber 24 34 1.4 7593

Road number

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2006-10

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per km 2006-10

Average annual

daily traffic

2006-10

Britain’s persistently higher risk roads (2001-05 & 2006-10)

1 A537 Macclesfield - Buxton 12 32 53 66%

2 A5012* A515 (Pikehall) - A6 (Matlock) 15 19 23 21%

3 A809* B8050 (nr Milngavie) - A811 (nr Croftamie) 16 17 24 41%

4 A5004* Whaley Bridge (A6) - Buxton 12 21 21 0%

5 A621* A619 (Baslow) - Totley 9 25 16 -36%

6 A530* A525 (Burleydam) - Nantwich 13 23 23 0%

7 A54 Congleton - Buxton 24 32 29 -9%

8 A581* A59 (Rufford) - A49 (Chorley) 11 19 16 -16%

9 A588* A585 (Blackpool) - A6 (Lancaster) 29 53 37 -30%

10 A559* M56 J10 - Lostock Gralam 10 16 22 38%

Road number

Length (km)

No. F&S crashes

2001-05

No. F&S crashes

2006-10

Change in

No. F&S crashes

Britain’s most improved roads (2001-05 vs 2006-10)

1 A605* B1095 (Peterborough) - A141 20 34 9 74% Installation of traffic signals at busy junction, fixed speed cameras throughoutvillages, mobile camera enforcement sites, pelican crossing

2 A435* Cheltenham - A46 12 29 8 72% Junction improvements including widening, signing and lining, interactive signs,resurfacing, traffic calming, speed limit changes, toucan crossing

3 A120 Puckeridge - Braintree 41 71 23 68% Kerb realignment, additional warning signs, high friction surfacing, speed limit changes, road marking improvements

4 A52 Nottingham ring road -Bingham

13 39 13 67% Average speed cameras, consistency of signing and markings, 50MPH buffer zonesbetween 40MPH, central safety barriers

5 A1066 Thetford - Diss 31 40 15 63% Junction reshaping, construction of splitter island, surface treatments, lining and signing consistency, pedestrian crossing provision, cycle lanes

6 A41 Hemel Hempstead - Aylesbury 28 70 27 61% Bypass opened around Aston Clinton in 2003, improved roundabout with signing andlining, speed limit changes

7 A612* A6011(Nottingham) - A617 (Newark on Trent)

27 72 28 61% Interactive signs, speed cameras, skid resistant surfacing, improved signalling for right turns

8 A4010 High Wycombe - Aylesbury 24 44 18 59% Resurfacing, right turn restriction at busy junction, staggered junction redesign, speedlimit reduction from national speed limit to 50MPH and 40MPH, new road markings

9 A52 Boston - Skegness 33 57 27 53% Improved signing and lining including a central ladder in wider sections, bend signingscheme, introduction of 50MPH across total length, interactive signs

10 A590 M6 J36 - Barrow-in-Furness 52 85 41 52% Junction realignment, improved signing and lining, layby improvements

Road number

Length (km)

No. F&S crashes

2001-05

No. F&S crashes

2006-10

Change in

No. F&S crashes

Measures implemented include:

Key: F&S = Fatal and serious * indicates roads classified as nonprimary (key refers to all three tables)

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Global economic uncertainty didnot seem to put a dampener onthe enthusiasm of technology

firms, product manufacturers andconsultants gathered at the recentIntelligent Transport Systems WorldCongress. Three hundred plus exhibitors,118 technical sessions, 87 ‘specialinterest’ seminars and a Ministerialround table discussion were reportedlyavailable to delegates during the five dayevent in Vienna. But arguably more interesting was a

much smaller demonstration arenatucked away within the Messe Wiencongress centre. It was here thatexhibitors were not only willing to talk todelegates about new systems but wereable to show them in action as well.Among the highlights were in vehicle

systems designed to improve road safety(see Sketch), technology that allows carsto park themselves (developed byautomotive supplier Valeo), a system thatinforms electric vehicle users about themost energy efficient route to drive (theEmpora project) and a smartphoneapplication to make navigation of publictransport easier for people with specialneeds known as ‘Ways4all’.Running alongside the World Congress

was a series of technical tours to venuesfurther afield. The chance to be showninside the world’s largest wind tunnelused to test trains, trams and motorvehicles against adverse weatherconditions (see box) was an opportunitytoo good to miss.Another high point of the congress was

demonstration of a public transportcrowd management system, developed tomake railway stations safer. Technologyallows for numbers waiting on railwayplatforms to be monitored in order toprevent tight squeezes on trains duringpeak periods. The system is currently inuse in Vienna and its developers are totalk with public transport operators in

Transportation Professional December 201222 Intelligent Transport Systems

Exciting developments and ambitious ideas tailored to help people move around more safely, easily

and quickly were showcased at an enormous exhibition in Vienna during October.

Transport gets extra smart as future is unveiled in Austria

A car that can be parked using a smartphone application was demonstrated at the congress in Vienna

“You got the keys, now shut up and drive” sang

the Barbadian pop princess Rihanna in 2007 – a

sentiment which came to mind during a series of

vehicle technology demonstrations I experienced

in Vienna.

But unlike Rihanna my wish for

silence was not directed towards the

gentleman behind the wheel. Instead

my angst was focused on a

proliferation of gadgets beside the

dashboard. No less than three tablet

computers were competing for the

attention of the driver of our car,

which was hosting a new device with

an array of features designed to

improve road safety.

I asked our driver Marcus if such

technology really provides assistance or is, in

fact, an unnecessary distraction. “I would drive a

lot safer if I had this in my own car,” came the

reply. I was keen to press him further but decided

against asking more questions as I did not want

to become a fourth distraction. The system I was

here to see in action allows cars to communicate

with roadside infrastructure and share traffic

data with other vehicles. Feedback

was provided to our driver using the

middle of the car’s three computers –

positioned rather clumsily blocking

the air vents.

The system warns of hazards such

as broken down vehicles, roadworks

and traffic jams. It also provides

reminders of the current speed limit

and can advise of slippery roads

ahead caused by adverse weather. So

far so sensible.

But I was less convinced by a

feature telling drivers approaching traffic signals

how many seconds they have before the lights

turn red. Apparently this should encourage

motorists to slow down if they are unlikely to

“Do in car systemsprovide assistance,or are they just adistraction?”

Mike Walter

SKETCH

Focus on the road, not the technology

major cities across Europe about itsdeployment elsewhere.The system is known as RAVE and was

introduced four years ago at a newly builtsubway station in the Austrian capitalwhich serves a football stadium. Infra red

sensors placed above staircases leading upto platforms allow control roomoperatives to know the exact numbers ofpeople inside the station. When acomfortable capacity is approached, staffmanning entrances into the station can be

23Intelligent Transport SystemsDecember 2012 Transportation Professional

reach the signals before the green phase ends.

But I couldn’t help thinking that a countdown

timer may actually persuade drivers some way

from the signals to speed up.

We were later driven to a deserted car park to

test two further features, including one that

warned if an approaching motorcycle was hidden

behind an oncoming car. As the two vehicles

approached an alert flashed up on the computer

and a siren sounded. But the second test to

demonstrate an emergency braking warning did

not work at all.

Another vehicle equipped with the same

system was instructed to drive close behind.

When our car’s brakes were abruptly applied

the driver in the following car was supposed to

receive an alert – but this did not happen.

Using a two way radio he asked for the test to

be repeated.

This time Marcus hit the brakes harder,

throwing his passengers forward. Again we were

informed that a warning had not been triggered

in the car behind.

“Around 90% of the time the system works,”

Marcus explained, “but this is a prototype.”

That afternoon I witnessed a second

demonstration of driver assistance technology – a

vehicle with brakes that apply automatically if a

collision is likely. Delegates were invited to step

into a modified family saloon and drive in a

straight line at up to 50km/h towards an

inflatable plastic ‘car’. On its approach the vehicle

was supposed to recognise the target, apply the

brakes itself and bring the car to a safe stop.

Several test runs were a success – but not all.

As I spoke to a company representative about

the technology from behind a safety barrier a

loud screech of tyres was heard followed by a

bump and the inflatable plastic car was sent

skidding for several metres.

Occupants in the real car were unharmed,

although puzzled. “Thank goodness that wasn’t a

real car in front,” the driver was heard to say as

he opened his door.

Have we not seen this sort of technology

before, I had asked earlier. “Other systems are

based on radar and tend to avoid collisions at

lower speeds,” I was informed. “Ours uses laser

scanners and is more accurate.” Not so, based on

what I had just witnessed.

Three tablet computers compete for the attentionof a driver demonstrating new vehicle technology

Wind tunnels test vehicles to the extremeEvery conceivable weather event is thrown atvehicles most days in Vienna; from drivingrain to snow and ice. But it is not that theAustrian capital is an inhospitable place tolive. Rather the city is home to a climatic windtunnel within which manufacturers of cars,lorries and trains have their prototype modelstested to ensure they can withstand extremeconditions. And from this autumn the tunnelbegan cold start tests on aircraft engines.

The facility features two wind tunnels – thelarger an impressive 100m long – thatgenerate wind speeds up to 300km/h. Bothcan be heated to 60° and cooled to -45°.Solar lenses on the walls allow vehicles to betested against the effects of bright sunlight.

Train tests check for passenger and driver

comfort and that doors and couplings work asthey should in difficult conditions. A third setof tests looks at vehicle energy efficiency.

Specific tests for road going vehiclesinclude a look at how effective the bodyworkis against stopping snow from coming intocontact with the engine. Lorry manufacturerscan also check that water droplets do notcling to the side windows and restrict ahaulier’s visibility during a heavy rain shower.Technical systems such as traffic signals canalso be tested inside the tunnels.

Facilities management director ManfredKreitmayer says: “We can even producedifferent snow conditions and sizes of raindroplets depending on the country where thevehicles will be used.”

Crowds of football supporters are shepherdedtowards rail platforms using sophisticated systems

alerted to slim down the width of doorwaysat the touch of a button to slow the flow ofpassengers coming through. Sliding glasspanels reduce a three lane passageway by athird or two thirds – or the entrance can beshut completely.Electronic signs outside the station direct

customers to the most appropriate entrypoint. Once inside the station they arepromised swift access to the platforms andonto trains, with extra services placed onstandby after matches to provide addedcapacity. The crowd management system isused only when the adjacent stadium hostsa major football game or concert.Christian Kogler of the Austrian Institute

of Technology said the crowd managementsystem at the ‘Stadion’ station is believed tobe a world first. “We now feel comfortablewith the system and can talk to othercountries about introducing it elsewhere.”

Snow can be generated inside the tunnel any month of the year

Wiener Linien / Norbert Geiter

Transportation Professional December 201224 City Profile: Vienna

A ustrian capital Vienna has a nononsense approach to renewing itspublic transport assets. When track

and communications were replaced alongits oldest metro line this summer part ofthe route was closed down for seven weeks. Works were not restricted to

overnights only or carried out duringpartial closures but took place during acomplete blockade: 24 hours a day, sevendays a week.“When we first started to tell people of

the metro line closure they were surprisedand a little worried but we introduced twonew temporary tram services as asubstitute and it worked really well,”explained Anna Maria Reich, aspokeswoman for Vienna’s transportoperator Wiener Linien. “People started totake other routes to work and found theirway around. It was a challenging time butit would have been impossible to do thework at weekends only.”Vienna has five metro lines covering

75km, a rail system that includes anexpress service out to the city’s airport anda comprehensive tram network covering172km “making it the fifth largest in theworld,” says Ms Reich, proudly. Theunderground network has grown in recent

years, two of the metro lines are soon to beextended towards the south and North Eastof the city and a new tram route willimprove connections in the north. One ofthe capital’s largest stations Landstraße isalso being rebuilt. “We have to invest and

Major expansion of public transport infrastructure continues Austria’s capital city at a time when fares are

being reduced, reports Mike Walter.

Older style trams are a popular draw for tourists and commuters in the city

Services go up and fares come down in ViennaRenewal of part of Vienna’s oldest underground line U1 took place during a seven week shutdown. According to the transport authority it would have taken longerand caused more disruption to have carried out the work at weekends and evenings only

25City Profile: ViennaDecember 2012 Transportation Professional

Anna Maria Reich of transport operator WienerLinien says public transport is a great way to getaround Vienna

improve our services because passengernumbers are increasing in Vienna and newparts of the city are growing which need tobe served,” adds Ms Reich.Historic trams are a big draw for tourists

in Vienna and operate alongside modernvehicles with ‘ultra low floors’ for thebenefit of those with pushchairs orwheelchairs. The transport operator is alsotesting a new generation of electric buses.But fares are not being increased to pay

for the transport improvements. In fact thecost of an annual season ticket givingunlimited use on public transport inVienna was reduced earlier this year toaround £290 – or one euro a day. As a resultmore than 100,000 additional people havepurchased season tickets this year.British visitors to Vienna may be

surprised to see that none of theunderground stations have ticket barriers.But fines for fare dodgers have recentlyincreased from around £56 to £80 to act asa deterrent to those looking for a free ride.“There were 875M trips on public

transport in Vienna last year which is anew record for the city and this represents37% of all journeys in the capital,” MsReich says. “Our target is for 40% of alljourneys in the capital to be on publictransport by the year 2020.”

Modern trams with ultra low floors are being introduced to Vienna to make vehicles easier to use foreveryone in the city

Housing estates are being developed in previously unfashionable parts of the city and the public transportnetwork is being extended to provide new connections

Five underground lines traverse Vienna, whose public transport network is controlled entirely by cityauthorities

Transportation Professional December 201226 Technical Paper

IntroductionThe Local Sustainable Transport Fund(LSTF) is a Department for Transportinitiative that encourages local authoritiesto deliver sustainable transport schemesthat support economic growth whilereducing carbon. The fund was announcedin 2010 as part of the ComprehensiveSpending Review and subsequent LocalTransport White Paper.LSTF funding provides a significant

boost to sustainable transport acrossEngland. £600M has been made availableover a four year period to 2014-15,including a specific allocation for national ‘Bikeability’ training. Theremaining funding comprises bothrevenue and capital, with local authoritieshaving a choice to bid for smaller packages of schemes of up to £5M andlarger packages of schemes of between£5M and £50M.Each local authority has created their

own unique blend of sustainable transportprojects, geared towards supporting jobsand business. Schemes generally seek to: • tackle congestion;• improve journey time reliability andpredictability;

• enable economic investment;• revitalise town centres;• enhance access to employment

Projects should also bring about changingpatterns of travel behaviour, greater use ofmore sustainable transport modes anddeliver a reduction in carbon and otherharmful emissions.

Who has got the funding?A full list of LSTF winners and losers isavailable from the DfT website and covers92 local authority areas across England.Figure 1 summarises the broad breakdownof projects funded to date and Figure 2shows the geographic spread of LSTFprojects across the UK.

What are the specific measures andpackages?A full analysis of the components of allsuccessful LSTF projects has yet to beundertaken. However, an initialexamination of the 39 projects fundedthrough LSTF Tranche 1 is summarised inFigure 3 (note: this is based on the authors’assessment of the first 39 LSTF bids).Each LSTF funded project has been

carefully developed to meet local demands,with bids being driven by the activeinvolvement of key local stakeholders. For example, while personal travelplanning (PTP) features highly withinmany LSTF packages, the approach andintensity with which PTP is being deliveredvaries considerably across differentgeographic areas.

Where are we now?The first 39 projects funded under Tranche1 are well under way. Tranche 2 and LargeProjects are just starting to commencetheir programmes, with local authoritiesconsidering carefully their resourceoptions. All projects are due to becompleted in March 2015, with a clearlyidentified legacy plan in place.

Lessons learnedMany projects are only just starting ontheir delivery plans. However, based on theexperience of the authors some issuesemerging include:• Programme and project management –while authorities have extensiveexperience in delivering and monitoringtransport programmes and projects,there is generally less experience in thespecific delivery of area wide travelbehaviour change programmes andprojects (in particular those of a scalefunded through the LSTF)

• Procurement and skills – as a result ofthe funding and delivery demands of theLSTF programmes, many authoritiesincluded delivery partners within theirbids. However it has not always beenpossible to quickly deploy resources dueto the internal human resourceimplications and procurementconsiderations for many of theoutsourced components

• Human resources – in the current timesof austerity and public sector cutbacks

Transport projects designed to encourage growth and cut carbon have begun to be delivered as part of

the Local Sustainable Transport Fund right across the UK. These are early days but important lessons

are already being learned, say Jon Parker and Sally Herbert.

Great strides promised throughLocal Sustainable Transport Fund

Projects by region

LSTF BidsNo. ofprojects

Total Value (£M)

TimeFrame

Date ofaward NE NW YH EM WM EofE SE SW

� Tranche 1 28 105.7 2011-15 05-07-2011 3 2 2 1 6 5 5 4

� Tranche 1 Key component 11 48.2 2011-15 05-07-2011 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1

� Tranche 2a 30 108.7 2012-15 24-05-2012 3 4 3 3 2 2 6 7

� Tranche 2b 14 46.0 2012-15 27-06-2012 2 2 2 1 1 1 5 1

� Large Project 12 225.4 2012-15 27-06-2012 2 1 1 2 1 3 2

Total 95 534.0 9 12 10 7 12 10 21 15

Figure 1 (above) shows a breakdown of projects funded to date and Figure 2 shows its geographical spread

Range (£M)0 - 2.52.5 - 55 - 1515 - 35

27Technical PaperDecember 2012 Transportation Professional

there have been challenges associatedwith recruitment for LSTF related officerposts. Many authorities have recentlymade staff redundant with the very skillsneeded to deliver successful LSTFprogrammes. There is also a degree ofuncertainty around the skill set requiredto recruit effective officers to deliverLSTF activity

• Marketing and communication –Effective marketing and communicationof the sustainable travel offer is critical tothe successful delivery of an LSTFproject. In recent times responsibility forthis has generally been co-ordinated bysustainable travel officers. However withthe significant levels of funding availablethrough LSTF there is now an emergingneed for marketing and communicationofficers with experience in behaviourchange, social marketing, and transportwho can manage significant budgets and

input into the delivery of a range of LSTFprojects

• Delivery models – an interestingdevelopment is the different deliverymodels and governance structures usedby LSTF authorities to deliver theirprojects. Some LSTF authorities areconsidering establishing socialenterprises to deliver and manage LSTF projects

• Evaluation and monitoring –Department for Transport has recentlypublished draft evaluation guidance forLSTF authorities, with monitoring andevaluation seen largely as a locallydetermined issue. There remains someuncertainty surrounding the availabilityof funding to deliver robust monitoringand evaluation necessary to securelonger term buy-in to such programmes once LSTF funding is nolonger available

• Legacy – a key challenge, particularly forthe revenue funded components of LSTF,will be how best to secure a long termlegacy and how to lock-in thesustainable travel behaviour changeoutcomes beyond 2015. Securing thesupport of the private sector to take onthe role of delivery will be an importantarea for consideration

Jon Parker is a directorof consultantIntegrated TransportPlanning. He has 20years of experience inthe research, planning,delivery and evaluationof sustainable transport

programmes across the UK. He is currentlyworking alongside several local authoritieson LSTF funded smarter choicesprogrammes, including the management ofITP’s work on behalf of Suffolk CountyCouncil in relation to the Lowestoft LocalLinks project.

Sally Herbert is theprogramme managerfor Tyne & Wear’s LocalSustainable TransportFund. She is responsiblefor managing twoprogrammes of activity;school travel and

supporting access to employment, valued at£17.6M. Sally has been a member of CIHTsince 2010, and is Vice Chairman of theNorthern Eastern Branch.

Both Jon and Sally are members of theCIHT Sustainable Transport Panel.

Cycle infrastructureTravel awareness/marketing

Active travelCycle training

PT infrastructureWorkplace travel planningPersonal travel planningPT services and provision

WalkingSchool travel planning

PT informationSmartcards/ticketing

Community/rural accessRoad safety

SigningCar sharingCar clubs

Electric vehiclesCar parking/management

Road infrastructure improvementsStation travel planning

Freight

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

Figure 3 shows the percentage of 39 LSTF Tranche 1 projects containing each specific component

Case study – Lowestoft Local LinksSuffolk County Council secured £5M in LSTF

funding to help promote growth and create a

sustainable transport legacy in Lowestoft. A three

year project called ‘Lowestoft Local Links’

combining area wide travel behaviour change

programmes with sustainable transport

infrastructure aims to ‘lock in’ the benefits of

sustainable transport in the long term.

The programme is being driven by the needs

of local businesses and in the six months since

the start of the project 60 different businesses

across the town have already developed their

own site specific travel plans and are actively

promoting sustainable transport travel options to

their employees.

This network of businesses continues to grow,

enabling them to take advantage of a menu of

sustainable travel offers which have been

developed specifically to support the Lowestoft

Local Links programme, including:

• Discounted public transport tickets

• Free area wide walk / cycle maps

• ‘Dr Bike’ surgeries and Sustrans ‘Bike It’ officer

support to schools / businesses

• Car share database

• Match funding small scale infrastructure

grants (for example to deliver improved on

site cycle parking and provision of showers

and lockers)

Other travel behaviour change components to the

project include: cycle challenges; family

orientated ‘bus treasure hunts’; smarter choices

roadshows; crowd sourced travel information

mobile apps; community cycling clubs; school

walking programmes; and an annual sustainable

travel awards and accreditation programme.

This travel behaviour change work is supported

by complementary infrastructure projects due to

be delivered in years two and three, which focus

on a new pedestrian and cyclist bridge across

Lake Lothing, to improve accessibility between

the north and the south of the town, and a rail /

bus interchange in the heart of the town centre.

Funding for public transport will also see bus

services extended to radically improve bus links

within the town, with local bus operators working

closely with the County Council to identify and

deliver services which better meet the travel

needs of local people.

Debate over whether Heathrow

should expand or a new hub

airport be built is misguided,

according to CIHT and the

Institution of Civil Engineers. They

say that attention should focus on

whether the west London airport

can realistically grow to include

more than three runways. If not

then plans for an alternative hub

airport in the South East must be

developed quickly.

The two institutions issued a

joint response to the Government’s

draft Aviation Policy Framework at

the end of October. They call for a

‘twin track’ approach to aviation

capacity that pushes ahead not

only with longer term solutions but

also measures that can be

delivered in the short term. They

include ways to relieve capacity

restraints at Heathrow and keep

the UK from slipping further

behind rival European airports.

The institutions’ response came

ahead of Lord Heseltine’s growth

review which called for Government

to indicate its preference for

expanding airport capacity in the

South East. And membership of an

Airports Commission chaired by Sir

Howard Davies was announced in

early November to examine the

options for expanding capacity. The

commission has been tasked by

Government to publish an interim

report by the end of next year and

a full report in summer 2015.

Both CIHT and ICE also call for

the creation of a group similar to

the Olympic Delivery Authority to

implement recommendations made

by the Davies Commission. And

they say that the “crucial role UK

regional airports play” through

connecting flights to a national

hub airport needs to be

acknowledged.

CIHT Chief Executive Sue Percy

said: “The Commission’s interim

report in 2013 must indicate a

clear direction of travel and come

2015 Government should make an

unambiguous decision that has

cross party consensus and can be

driven forward.”

Alex Lake from ICE’s aviation

panel added: “We must establish

an agreed, coherent strategy that

reflects our future capacity needs

and sets out how they could

realistically be met over both the

short and long term.”

Transportation Professional December 201228 CIHT News

Focus needed on Heathrow to see if the airport can grow, says CIHT

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President:David Anderson FCIHT

Chief Executive:Sue Percy

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Please make sure that any copy tobe considered for publication inthe next issue is submitted byMonday 26 November.

With that Friday feeling well and

truly in the air, October 12 saw the

second joint Annual Dinner Dance

of the Thames & Chilterns Branch

and Southern Branch.

Guests were welcomed by

Thames & Chilterns Branch

Chairman Phil Bridge of

VolkerHighways and Southern

Branch Chairman Mike Jones of

Jacobs. The event was held in the

historic city of Winchester at the

Winchester Hotel & Spa. Special

guests included CIHT President

David Anderson and his wife Alison,

and Chair of the CIHT Greater

London Branch Dr Jacqui Wilkinson

and her husband.

Following drinks in the hotel bar

guests were led through to the

Malory Suite where thanks and

speeches were made and dinner

was served. Kindly donated raffle

prizes and generosity of those who

attended raised over £800 through

the course of the evening for the

CIHT Foundation. The Foundation

was set up by CIHT and supports

educational and innovative projects

and activities that advance the art

and science of highways and

transportation.

The night was a great success

and the dinner was attended by

over 100 members of CIHT and

their guests who ate, drank and

danced the night away. Everyone

donned their finest suits and gowns,

outshone perhaps only by David

Anderson and his tartan trousers.

� We have been asked to point

out that Keith Rogers is not the

chairman of the Thames & Chilterns

Branch, as mentioned in the

November issue on page 34

(‘Successful summer visit was a

racing certainty’). Keith arranged

the visit as a Branch Committee

Member. Chairman of the Thames &

Chilterns Branch is Phil Bridge.

Successful joint branch dinner dance held in Winchester

President David Anderson, Emily White, Stephen Gaines, and Alison Anderson

Heathrow has been at full stretch for years: what is the future for air capacity?

With innovation and sustainability at

the heart of its business, it is no

surprise that the Colas Group invests

around 70M Euros or £56M a year

in research and development at its

Campus for Science and Techniques.

The impressive state-of-the-art

facility was the focus for a recent

visit of mine in October with CIHT

member and Colas Presentation

Award 2012 Winner, Carly Foster.

The Presentation Award

is run by CIHT to encourage

its young professionals to

develop their

communication skills. The

ability to make an effective

presentation and field

probing questions from

industry professionals is recognised

as a key skill for those working in

highways and transportation.

Carly made it to the National

Final and impressed the judges with

her presentation ‘How fair is fare

collection’, scooping first prize – a

four day trip to Paris including a visit

to the Campus for Science and

Techniques courtesy of Colas. Carly

who is a commercial analyst at

Nexus and an active member of the

CIHT North Eastern Branch based

her presentation on the use of smart

ticketing to provide more balanced

fares in public transport to

encourage sustainable travel.

I met Colas’ strategic and

development manager Samantha

Day at St Pancras International to

begin our trip to Paris. As a relatively

new member of CIHT staff and

completely fresh to the highways

and transportation industry, I was

keen to find out from Samantha all

about Colas and the work the

company does.

The campus is situated on the

outskirts of Paris in Magny-les-

Hameaux. Built in 2000 it provides

research and technical development

for the entire Colas Group which

operates in nearly 50 countries.

We were met by Colas’ technical

and development director for Europe

Jean-Paul Michaut, who explained

that there are over 80 engineers,

technicians, physicists and chemists

working at the campus, optimising

existing products and techniques as

well as developing new ones.

Jean-Paul explained to us the

campus is always investing in new

road surfacing options so as to meet

for example the increasing demand

for low noise surfacings.

We were then given a

tour around the campus,

visiting the various

laboratories and watching

some of the engineers and

technicians test out the

latest Colas products.

One area I was particularly

impressed with was the

organisation’s interest in and

commitment to sustainability and

the environment. Colas provides

several road recycling options and

has also developed a product known

as Vegecol, which is an

environmentally friendly plant based

binder material.

Competition winner Carly found

the trip fascinating. “I was

overwhelmed by the level of

equipment and testing for tenders,”

she said. “In general I enjoyed

learning about Colas as an

organisation and the presentation

given on Colas’ global operations

gave a lot of food for thought.”

I too found the visit extremely

insightful. I came away from the trip

impressed with Colas’ commitment

and drive to produce fresh innovative

and sustainable products. That and

with a hefty asphalt core as a

campus souvenir.

29CIHT NewsDecember 2012 Transportation Professional

Parisian prize takes in research tour

Colas Presentation Award winner Carly Foster was presented with an asphaltcore by Colas’ technical and development director for Europe Jean-Paul Michaut

CIHT Communications Officer Alice Skeats accompanied this year’s Colas Presentation Award winner

Carly Foster on her prize trip to Paris. She reports here on the visit to the Colas research campus.

The first heats of the Colas

Presentation Award 2014 will

take place in autumn 2013.

Details will appear in

Transportation Professional at a

later date.

Alice Skeats in Paris

Campus for Science and Techniques, the Colas reasearch facility in Paris

Staff at work testing the limits of new products

The North Eastern Branch has

launched a commemorative e-book

on the CIHT website to coincide with

its Diamond Jubilee year.

The e-book details how transport

and related infrastructure has

developed in the North East over 60

years. It includes some fascinating

personal memories from those

working in the sector during the last

six decades.

Branch Web Officer Anthony

Robinson who oversaw its

publication said: “We were keen to

embrace current technology. By

making articles downloadable from a

single web page to a PC, tablet or

smartphone, they can be read at

home or on the move.”

Chairman John Jeffrey added:

“The e-book is an important record of

the Branch’s involvement with

highways and transportation in the

north east of England and can be

enjoyed by members and anyone

interested in this enduring,

fascinating subject.”

To view the e-book, visit the North

Eastern Branch pages of

www.ciht.org.uk

Transportation Professional December 201230 CIHT News

E-book editors Gordon Philpott and Anthony Robinson

Members and Fellows keen on

doing more to help represent

their profession and promote the

standing of the Institution are

strongly encouraged to put their

names forward as CIHT Council

members.

In June 2013 there will be

three vacancies for Ordinary

Members of Council and nine

vacancies for a Branch Member

from each of the following

branches: East Midland, Greater

London, Midland, SoRSA, South

Wales, Northern Ireland, North

Wales, North Western, Yorkshire

& Humberside.

The Council advises on the

strategic and professional

direction of the Institution, so by

becoming a Council member you

will be able to play an important

part in shaping the future of the

Institution for many years to

come. Being a Council Member is

a job to be taken seriously,

however it is also an enjoyable

and rewarding experience,

offering you the opportunity to

give something back to the

profession, and to meet and

network with interesting people.

Council meetings are held four

times per year. Council members

are elected for a period of three

years and may stand for re-

election for a further three year

term. In addition to serving on

Council, all Council members are

asked to contribute by serving

either on a Board, Panel or

taking up other advisory roles.

If you are want to know more

you can email Brian Murrell on

brian.murrell@ciht.org.uk or

telephone 0207 336 1559 for

more information. Nominees

must complete a nomination

form supported by eight other

member signatures and a brief

career summary. Nomination

forms can be obtained from Brian

via his email address above or by

writing to him at: 119 Britannia

Walk, London N1 7JE.

Nomination forms need to

be received by Friday 15th

February 2013.

GIVE SOME TIME TO YOUR PROFESSION: COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013

North Eastern e-book is live

Subscription fees for 2013The Institution’s Board of Trustees

has announced the subscription

rates for 2013 following discussion

at its November meeting. After

considered debate, the Trustees

agreed to a recommendation by

the Membership & Skills Strategy

Board of a 1.5% increase across

the majority of the membership

grades. This equates to an increase

of £3 for Fellows, £2 for members,

£1 for associates and no increase

for retired members (based on

direct debit rates).

In making its recommendation

the Membership & Skills Board

took a range of factors into

consideration relating to the

current difficulties faced by the

industry and individual members,

the need to keep fees at an

affordable level and the long

term future of the Institution. The

Chair of the Board, Dr Sue

Sharland, reported to the Trustees

that the recommendation “would

allow CIHT to expand the benefits

on offer to members while

continuing to provide excellent

value for money.”

In the past year the Institution

has introduced improved services

such as Transportation Professional

Weekly News, and Transportation

Professional itself is now available

as an e-book on the CIHT website.

In addition qualification provision

has been expanded to include the

Engineering Technician

qualification and the SoRSA

Certificate of Competency for Road

Safety Auditors.

Plans for 2013 include

improving the visibility and

influence of the Institution and the

profession it represents with media

and key stakeholders. CIHT will be

releasing position statements on

topical issues agreed by members

and launching new technical

guidance documents.

A new initiative to be

introduced in the New Year is a

member service called ‘Options’

that will enable corporate

members to gain access to a range

of savings on professional, home

and lifestyle products and services

through ciht.org.uk Full details on

how to access this benefits

package will be sent out in the

next couple of weeks.

“We feel that the Institution is

gathering momentum in terms of

raising its profile and increasing its

influence as well as the quality of

services that it provides to

members,” said CIHT President

David Anderson. “The aim is to

provide the maximum benefit to

members for their annual

subscription.”

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National events – CIHT and others

31EventsDecember 2012 Transportation Professional

CIHT Branch events

East Midlands BranchNew routes to delivery – how mightthe story be tolled?27 November, CambridgeTraining and CPD day seminar, £85.

Includes new Tyne & Wear

Crossing, the future of the Highways

Agency and electric car regional

infrastructure developments. For further

enquiries contact Bob Tuckwell

bob.tuckwell@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Greater London BranchBusiness Improvement Districtsand transport management andsecuring best value for money28 November, Britannia Walk, 6pmJoint with Southern, South Eastern,

Thames & Chilterns and East Anglia

Branches. The talk will discuss the

benefits and challenges of managing the

Bankside Business Improvement District

(BID) in London. Contact Ross Corben at

greaterlondon.secretary@ciht.org.uk or

Geoff Dadd on 0208 318 6187 or email

greaterlondon@ciht.org.uk

Reducing roads and street worksduration – seminar and webinar4 December, Britannia Walk,London, 4.30-7pmThis free evening seminar will

disseminate the results of a research

project jointly commissioned by

Transport for London and the

Department for Transport. The project

has been undertaken by TRL. It is

aimed at providing highway

maintenance and utility companies

with advice on how to reduce

congestion at road works through

technology such as road plates, rapid

cure materials and temporary backfill.

For enquiries contact

conferences@ciht.org.uk or call 020

7336 1570.

Applied Travel Plans22 January 2013, Britannia Walk,LondonThis one day course is aimed at those

with a good level of experience of

working with development travel

plans and is designed to develop

delegates’ appreciation and practical

skills. For more information visit

www.aldercross.com

CIHT Annual Luncheon14 December, LondonThe Institution’s hugely popular

Annual Luncheon marks the start

of Christmas for the entire

highways and transportation

industry. Once again the event is

being held at the glittering

Grosvenor House Great Room on

Park Lane. As usual it will be

packed with the people who keep

Britain’s roads and public transport

sector open and operating. Make

sure you are there. To book your

place go to www.ciht.org or call

020 7336 1570.

Date for your diary – CIHT Annual Luncheon

International events

Early warning! Malaysia BranchThe road factor in economictransformation 14th RoadEngineering Association of Asiaand Australasia Conference26-28 March 2013, Kuala Lumpur,MalaysiaFor more information email

enquiries@14reaaaconf3013.com or

go to www.14reaaaconf2013.com

North Western BranchHighway management practicesfor tough times29 November, BoltonFor enquiries call 01829 270530 or

email info@aldercross.com or for

more information visit

www.aldercross.com

North of Scotland Branch175th anniversary of MontroseHarbour3 December, Aberdeen, 6pmSpeaker at this anniversary event is

John Paterson of Montrose Harbour

Authority. Contact Alan Silver at

alans@silvermark.org

Thames & Chilterns BranchCycle-rail – making it happen3 December, Reading, 6.30pmJoint with Greater London and

Southern Branches. Earlier this year

Transport Minister Norman Baker

announced that £7M is to be

invested in improving integration

between cycle and rail travel. Find

out about the challenges and

successful delivery from speakers Phil

Darnton, executive director of the

Bicycle Association and Conrad

Haigh, integrated transport manager

for the Association of Train Operating

Companies.

To book your place contact

emily.white@jacobs.com

Northern Ireland BranchSustainability and durability ofasphalt mixes21 January 2013, BelfastSpeakers are David Needham and

Mark Smith of AkzoNobel

For information: www.ciht.org.uk

North of Scotland BranchZero Waste ManagementScotland29 January 2013, 5.30pm,InvernessContact Alan Silver at

alans@silvermark.org

Early warning!Streets and transport in the urban environment19 March 2013, Britannia Walk,LondonThis will be the launch conference of

the updated version of ‘Transport in

the Urban Environment’, a key text

for highway engineers working in

urban areas.

For more information visit

www.ciht.org.uk or email

conferences@ciht.org.uk or call

020 7336 1570.

Member on the move

Luke Fairall MCIHThas recently joinedRossi LongConsulting as aPrincipal TransportPlanner. He has

previously worked for Hannah Reed &Associates and AECOM. Rossi LongConsulting was established at thestart of the year when Simon Rossiand Shaun Long acquired the EastAnglian arm of URS/Scott Wilson.

Future road safety gains in urban areas

are likely to be driven by in vehicle

telematics systems and a greater use of

time over distance cameras and 20MPH

zones, delegates to a CIHT Greater

London Branch meeting heard.

Transport for London’s senior delivery

planning manager Ben Johnson told the

audience on 31 October that such

measures are likely to be required if the

capital is going to achieve its target of

reducing fatalities and serious injuries on

the roads by 40% by 2020.

“We need to focus on protecting

vulnerable road user groups and this can

involve technical advances and

innovation,” he said. Mr Johnson added

that cycling in London “is becoming

safer, but I am not happy yet” and

acknowledged that increasing numbers

of pedestrians who stare at their

smartphones while paying little attention

to the highway environment is a

growing problem.

“This is definitely a concern which I

sense is becoming a much bigger issue

and it is something we will be looking at

in the future,” he said.

Technology haskey role to play in road safety

Transportation Professional December 201232 CIHT Election List

The following people have been elected to the CIHT from 2 July - 24 September 2012:

Fellow• John David Burr• Liam Henry• Gearoid Thomas Lohan• Mark Anthony Mattison• Gerard Stenson

Transfer Member to Fellow• Bachar Al Hakin• Robert John Armitage• Neil Brownbridge• Evan William Ferguson• John Irvine• Alan Robert Jeffery• Rehan Mian• Trupti Patel• Mark Lee Philpotts• Richard Stacey

Member• Paulus Teguh Aditjandra• Munawar Ahmed• Alistair James Allan• Olukemi Amure• Saikat Barman• Muddasir Mujahid Bhatti• Steven Lee Brammer• Eoin Patrick Brennan• Neil Bromham• Grahame Paul Bygrave• Neil Martin Carroll• Jaswant Singh Chahal• Frankie Chan Man Wa• Nicola Jayne Clay• Ian Andre Colyer• Nigel William Cooke• Thomas Alexander Cowie• Martin Crossley• Alex Daintree-Blackshaw• Gareth Wyn Daniels• Wayne Matthew Davison• Adrian John Dean• Warren Sean Devereux• Garrett Paul Doyle• Janet Mary Dyer• Rebecca Alison LouiseFishburn

• Christopher SimonGalbraith

• Ruoyun Gao• Christopher Gardner• Mohammad SidhikGhoomun

• Narinder Singh Gill• Simon Andre Pierre Giret• Thomas Ashley Grahamslaw• Arasu Gurusamy• Sean Halewood• Joanna Heynes

• Yaron Hollander• Stephen Paul Holman• Arron Daniel Hudson• Edward Christopher Joyce• Paul Steven Kelly• Ian Kerslake• Basheer Ahmed Khan• Sally Jane Killips• Iain King• Tomasz Klimczak• Paul Graham Lacey• Stella Sze Wing Lam• Gavin Li Tung Fuk• Justin Chung Hoi Liu• Paul Loftus• Joyce Kiwumulo-KafeeroLutwama

• Charles Peter MacFadden• Glen Manley• Elaine Anne Martin• Eva-Maria Martinez• Scott Gerard McBride• Gareth Paul Mills• Martin Gerard Moran• Susan Elizabeth Morrison• David Murphy• Harminder Kaur Nagi• Anjali Kesavan Nair• Colin Norman• Joe O'Connell• Quentin O'Connor• James O'Regan• Gary Parker• Richard John Prag• Matthew John Procter• Bidur Rajbhandari• Manjula Pushpa KumaraRatnayake

• Joanne Nicola Rickard• Stuart Michael Robinson• Philip John Santos• Rebecca Ana Scott-Beaulieu• Eamon William Scullion• Masood Shaikh• Danielle Louise Shap• Mohamed El-SayedShohayeb

• Hannah Rachel Shrimpton• Harry Philip Sinclair• Lee Singleton• Michael Paul Smith• David James Stoddart• Ian Peter Swift• Benjamin Keith Taylor• Daniel John Teasdale• Mangan Thomas Telson• Christopher Mark Thomas• Dean Thomas• Richard Tod

• Rajesh Verma• Haydn Maurice Vernals• Alex Wan King Ming• Thomas Paul White• Andrew John Williams• Stuart Richard Wilson• Colin Wong Ka Chung• Stefan Eric Wood• Luke Kristian Wooller• Donald William Yell• Andrew Yeomans

Transfer Associate Memberto Member• Matthew James Addison• Iain Black• Lloyd James Bush• Leanne Maree Farrow• Christopher John Holdup• Daniel Hough• Darrell Johnson• James Grant McGavin• Gavin Stuart Murray• Stephen Newey• Jonathan Edward Orton• Jessica Elizabeth Shannon• Paul Melvyn Sinfield• Alina Tuerk• David Ian Williams

Transfer Student toMember• Eliot King• John Andrew McCormick• Andrew Lee Miles• Ashley Waite• Stephanie Wilson• Thien Lee Wong

Associate Member• Atheer Namir Al-Saoudi• Sarah Elizabeth Hoad• Paul Ian Nsereko Kawuma• Mutaz Mahmoud• Anna Malgorzata Mika-Fijalkowska

• Fiona Sarah Neil• Nishil Parmar• Susanne Storey• Aravinth Thiyagarajah• Martin James Trevor• Joseph Wooldridge

Transfer Student to Associate Member• William David Lowe• Perry Victor Alfred Semple• Gill Weyman

Students• Chamara Rumesh D A B• Gabriel Aning• Christopher Appleton• Gtigoria Argyropoulou• Onur Ayas• Pritima Balgobin-Marques• Hannah Begbie• Eyimofe Urowoli Binitie• Frank Braimah• Ronan Delargy• Joshua Dunlavy• James Dunlop• Ajet Durici• Maria Elena Garcia Ochoa• Lewis Garrington• Weite Gu• Prageeth Gunarathna• Darren Hiscox• Fatema Karim• Natalia Maria Kreczko• Benjamin Laws• Bradley Joshua Lewis• Kaine Lynch• Daniel Andrew Martin• Bhoopendra Meena• Stuart John Northall• James Oakes• Ahmed Omar Sharif• Clayton Ogawa Othieno• Vivek Pai• Jonathan Parton• Christian Petre• Nailea Posadas Morales• Rory Price• Krishani Ganga Ranawaka• Amanda Richards• Tariq Usman Saeed• Samaila Sani Saulawa• Petros Sekeris• Nicholas Shevlin• Aria Shino• Yusef Taylor• Robert Thacker• Barbara Twumasi-Boakye• Nial Gregory Walsh• Ally Weir• Luke Christian Wheeler• James Whitehead• Christopher Wilson

LIVERPOOL CENTRE FOR MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY (LCMT) 12TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, PAVEMENT ENGINEERING AND INFRASTRUCTURECALL FOR ATTENDANCE & REGISTRATION WEDNESDAY 27 - THURSDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2013, LIVERPOOL, UK

LJMU 2013 Conference The 12th Annual International Conference addressing: sustainable; construction materials, road construction and maintenance, airport pavements, concrete pavements, procurement, design, testing, developments in bitumen and asphalt materials, waste management, recycled or manufactured aggregates, carbon impact, road surface treatments and infrastructure; design, repair and maintenance is to be very successful giving the number of speakers, delegates and exhibitors already registered. The conference will be of interest to; policy advisors, environmental regulators, infrastructure clients, specifiers, planners, designers, local authorities, highway related consultants and designers, materials suppliers, construction companies, contractors, researchers and educational institutions.

Supported by: Transport Scotland, South Gloucestershire CC, Lafarge Aggregates, RSTA, Total Bitumen, Stirling Lloyd, Findlay Irvine, The Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation, The Institution of Asphalt Technology, The Institution of Civil Engineers Merseyside Branch, WRAP, University of Ulster and University of Nottingham

For more information on the conference programme, exhibition, registration to attend the conference and or to reserve an exhibition place, please visit our website: http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/BLT/BEST/LCMT/index.htm or contact the conference Director Professor Hassan Al Nageim. Email: h.k.alnageim@ljmu.ac.uk or Hasan A-Mousawi, hasan_mm88@yahoo.co.uk, Tel: +44 (0) 151 231 2811. The conference annually is well attended with 100+ delegates and typically 15+ exhibitors from UK and overseas. Due to limited spaces, please complete your registration as soon as possible.

The following Day 1 speakers have confirmed their attendance.

1. Dougie Millar, Transport Scotland, UK New Surfacing Specification for Scotland – Latest developments

2. Owen Jenkins, South Gloucestershire CC, UK Asset Management – the South Gloucestershire Experience

3. Mike Harper, Stirling Lloyd, UK Crack & Joint Repair Systems

4. John Barritt, WRAP, UK Resource Efficiency and Implications from the Construction Products Regulations (CPR)

5. Gary Schofield, Total Bitumen, UK Developments in Surface Dressing – the economic solution

6. Campbell Waddell, Findlay Irvine, UK Developments in Skid Resistance Monitoring

7. Nick Thom, University of Nottingham, UK Research into Pothole Formation

8. Prof. Hassan Al Nageim, LJMU, UK Cold Asphalt for Road Reinstatements, Road and Highways: New Developments

9. Mike Southern, Eurobitumen, Belgium Life Cycle Inventory: Bitumen

10. Reid J M, Dr K A Hassan and Dr M S Al-Kuwari, TRL, UK

Developing A Sustainable Supply of Aggregates to Meet The Needs of Rapidly Expanding Infrastructure in Qatar

11. Lefeuvre Yann, UK Material and Design Evolutions: Towards The Integration of Worldwide Best Practices For More Sustainable Solutions (The Birmingham Airport and Mauritius Airport Cases)

12. Choudhary Rajan and Priyansh Singh, India Determination of Mixing and Compaction Temperatures of Warm Mixes with Modified Binders

13. Monower Sadique, LJMU, UK New Cementitious Materials for Construction with Zero CO

2 Emission

14. Ruth Mitchell, Donal Ryan and David Woodward, UK Warm Mix Asphalt Research in Ireland

15. Bremner C P, et al, UK A3 Hindhead Tunnel Performance Based Pavement Foundation

16. Taddesse Ephrem, Norway Pavement Rutting Prediction Models Using Artificial Neural Network Technique

17. Elena Sáez Caballero, Germany, POLYMIX: Polymeric wastes in Asphalt Mixes

For the full preliminary conference programme for Day 1 and Day 2 please visit the conference website: http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/BLT/BEST/LCMT/index.htm

1Features

2013Supplement to Transportation Professional, July 2013

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CIHT’s Transportation Consultants Directory is the onlysource of information devoted exclusively to transportation specialistsin the UK. Building on the formula which has established the directoryas the definitive source of information on firms, their transportationskills and their specialisms, the 2013 directory will include:

> A comprehensive listing of UK firms

> A detailed breakdown of each firm’s areas of expertise

> In depth analysis of the economic prospects forthe sector

> What transportation consultants think in our business trends survey

> A section for specialists in Intelligent Transport Systems

Published on 28 June with the July 2013 issue of TransportationProfessional, the directory will be delivered to every CIHT memberplus key transport clients.

Questionnaires will be sent out early in 2013. Please make sure youcomplete and return your questionnaire promptly.

If your firm was not listed in 2012 and you want to be in the 2013 directory, please contact Transportation Professional on 01892 524468 or email kirsty@transportation-mag.com

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Log onto www.jiht.co.uk – the recruitment web site serving the 12000+ members of the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation, and start looking for your next career move.

To advertise your vacancies to our unparalleled audience of transportation industry professionals, call Kirsty Barrett on +44 1892 524455 or email kirsty.barrett@jiht.co.uk

JobsInHighwaysAndTransportation.co.ukThe official jobs website of the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation

NEW PRODUCT LISTING SERVICE

Created for use by professionals active in the planning, designand operation of the UK’s transport networks, the Portal is avaluable hub of useful information

• Over 1,100 technical documents• Easily accessed Information – logically categorised• Related product listings to assist in specification• Direct links through to associated website

TAP is the most comprehensive, single online source of technical information available in the UK

CIHT ARE NOW INCREASING THE RANGE OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON TAP BY INTRODUCING A NEW PRODUCT LISTING SERVICE

For further information contact:Sally Devinet: 01474 833 871 e: sally@transportation-mag.com WWW.TAP.IHT.ORG

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